Mechanical movement



E. P. JOHNSON. MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLCATION FILED MAR. 3xv1918. K

'Patnted Aug. 17, 1920.

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E. P. JOHNSON.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3, i918. I 1,349,724. PatentedAug. 17, 1920.

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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. JOHNSON,

a citizenV of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of -Cook and State of Illinois, have 'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Move ments, of which-the following is a specifiealll drive shaft has a vtlriten shaft extending crosswise of the .The present A'invention Vrela/tes toa me chani'oal movement, for imparting a rocking movementto a driven shaft from a. continued rotary movement of the driving shaft. The Objects of the invention are, to provvide means mounted eocentrically with reepe'otto the drive shaft, and in which the turning fit; to provlde a drive-shaft, and havlng a rotatable driving connection therewith; and to further'provideaconnection between the eccentrically 'mounted means and the driven lshaft', where .alrocking movement is imparted to the i 'dxtivenA shaft as'it is fswung aboutthe axis of the drive A4shaft by the rotation of the latter.

Affurther object ofthe invention is to provide a simplemeans for effecting a reversa-l of the movement of the driven shaft.

A further Objectiof the invention is tomount lpaddle. or wing lmembers upon the driven shaft, which will be given a back and forth vibratory movement by the rocking movement of the 'driven shaft, and the movement so given tO the wing members being one that `produces a small amounte of fric tional resistance during the Operation of the device. y

The invention` further vconsists in the fea 'Y turesof construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Injthe drawings' Figure 1 is a face view'of themechanism.

of the present invention;

Fig. E2 is a view similar to Fig. 1', and showing the 'position of the parts after the dri-ve shaft has been given One-half a revolution* l Fig. 3 is a view similarto Fig; 1, and

. showing the position Of the parts when the drive shaft has been moved into position'to reverse thedirection Of movement ofthe driven shaft; A Q

Fig. e is a side vew,"partally in section,

" Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented img. '17, 192e.

Appncation'aied March i3, 19,18. serial No. 222,079.

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' Figv is a' sectional detail, on an enlarged scale, Of the device. I Referring now to the drawings, -the mechanism comprises a drive shaft 6, Operated from any suitable source of power.` The -drive shaft lextends through a sleeve 7 and has a' turning fit therein. The sleeve is` connected to a hub 8, which is mounted loosely upon the drive shaftv and eccentrically withrespect thereto. The drive shaft extends beyond thehub and terminates in a bifurcated end 9, lying between theforks of which is a collar 10. The driven shaft 11-extends crosswise of the drive shaftand has its axis of rotation arranged at apetv proximate right angles to the axis of rotation O'f the drive shaft. The driven shaft extends through openings 12 in the forked end of the drive shaft ,and has a turning lit in said Openings. Y

The collar 10 issecured to the driven shaft by means Of a setscrew 13, or otherwise. The collar 10, however, is free to re .volve within the space between the forks 9, and there is thus effected 'a rotatable driv-V ing connection between the drive and driven shaftsT One end 14 of the driven shaft is of a smooth character and has attached thereto a wing member 15. The otherfend 16 of the driven shaft is formed -with a spiral thread 17; and connected tothis end 16 is a wing member 18'.

Mounted concentrically withV resp-ect to` the hub 8 is a ring 19, and, as shown in the drawings, interposed between the hub and ring are a series of anti-friction members 20'. The ring, has a sleeve-21 pivotally attached thereto by means Of a pin 22, and-this ring carries a stud 23, which engages with the spiral thread 17 on the d1'iven shaft. A.

counterwelght 24C is, asV shown, placed upon the ring 19 for the purpose Of balancing the ring, Owing to the presence Vthereon of the sleeve 21.

` Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, assume that the shaft 6 is being rotated in the cliy reetion of the arrows. It will bodily swing vthe driven shaft 11Min sueh direction and about the center of rotation of the vdrive'` shaft. lThe connection between theA driven shaft and the ring 19, namely, the sleeve 21,

neously with the swinging of the driven shaft. rllhe, ring, however, is mounted eecentrically with respect to the drive shaft, and Since the driven shaft is swinging about the center of the drive shaft, the point of attachment of the,v sleeve 21 to the ring `19 will approach and recede from the center of the drive shaft 6 as said drive shaft is rotated; and saidl sleeve will be given a backl and forth movement longitudinally of the driven shaft, owing to said shaft moving about the center of the drives'haftwhile tlie sleeve is moving eccentrically thereto.Y

This movement `of the sleeve longitudinally of the driven shaft will cause the stud 23 carried -by said sleeve to travel within the spiral grooves of the driven shaft 11. Such movement will impart to the driven shaft a,rocking movement back and forth during its swing of travel about the center fof the drive shaft. This will cause vibra.- tory movements .to be imparted to the blades 15 and 18, oneof them moving in one direction while the other is moving in the opposite direction..` In-A order to produce a propeller movement to enable the invention to be used on ships, aeroplanes, etc., one-of the said mechanisms is arranged at each end of 'a shaft so that when applied they are pov sitioned after the manner of a paddle wheel, either with one appliance on each side of the craft or one at each end thereof. llilhen positioned at the endthey turn in a plane parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the craft instead ofin a plane crosswise of tlie longitudinal dimension of the craft as is the case in the use of the lwell known screw propeller. The. invention is not deemed to be limited. vto application to ships, aeroplanes, or the like, but is claimed in whatever fields of work it may be adapted for. When the appliance is arranged for use as v apropeller, one of the blades on the mechanism at each end of the shaft will he act`- Ying to. compress the air or water and the remaining blades will be turned so as to cut through the air or water with a .noncompressing movement. The blades' are of a thin, flat `character and consequently move into andout of position wherein they engage or disengage from the air, water, or other body, with sharp cutting movement. This eliminates the friction produced by any wide extended surface of the wings, counteracting the driving force thereof and lessening the efficiency.

`It is deemed desirable to provide means for reversing the direction of rocking movement of the driven shaft 1l. ln the present invention, this is quickly and easily accomplished by the following means:

rlhe sleeve 7 hasattached thereto a spiral pinion 25 meshing with a spiral gear 2G, which is operated by hand, or otherwise, in

center of movement, and this center. being eccentric to the drive shaft (t. the drive sha tt will be bodily moved from one side of the center of rotation of said hub to the opposite side. r)This draws the driven shat't Il from the position shown in Fig. 1 tio the position shown in F 3. owing to the presence .of the connection between the sleeve and the spirally threaded end 1G of the driven shal't. rotates said driven shaft and moves the blade l5 Vfrom the position shown in Fig. l to that in Fig. il. and the blade 1S from the position shown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 3, so that .at the start of movement of the drive shaft. these blades are assuming opposite positions from that which they previously ocS cupied, and hence the blade l5 is rising in exactly reverse timing to which it rose with the parts as in Fig. l. Referring now to Figs. l and 3, it will be explained how the above would cause a reversal of movement of the craft when the invention is used `for propelling purposes. ln Fig. Lthe blades lSare arranged so that they compress in a manner to move the craft toiwvard; but when the parts are shifted to the position of Fig. 3, the blades l5 are then exerting the compressing action. and hence there will by a reversal of movement of the propelled craft.

l claim: I

l. ln ademee of the character set forth. the combination of a drivingr shaft. an eecentric through which the shaft passes. means for rotatably adjusting the eccentric. a ring around said eccentric. a bearingA pivotally mounted at one side of the ring. a. counterweight at the opposite side of the ring. a transverse bearing at the end ot the driving shaft, a driven sha ft` rotatably mounted in said bearing. means for holding the driven shaft against longitudinal movement. said driven shaftr passing through tho bearing on Said eccentric. threads on said driven shaft, and threads in the bearing engaging with the threads on said sha tt.

2. In a mechanical movement` the eombination of a main shaft. an eeeentrie through which the shaft passes. a ring: around said eccentric. a threaded bearing pivotally mounted on the ring. a transverse bearing in said main shaft. a shaft rotatably mounted. in said transverse bearing. and means for holding the last named shaft against longitudinal movement. said lastl named shaft having threads engaging with said threaded bearing.

3. In a device of the character set forth. the combination of a bearing. a sleeve rotatably mounted .in said bearing. a driving shaft mounted in said sleeve and having a tlii ltltl transverse bearing, an eccentric carried said sleeve, a driven shaft, a threaded bearing carried by-said eccentric and engaging with a correspondingly threaded portion of the driven shaft, and Wings secured to the ends of said .driven shaft, the Wings extending entirely to one side of the shaft, whereby they may be more readily rotated. 4. In a device of the `character set forth, the combination of a driving shaft, aneccentric upon said shaft, means for rotatably adjusting the'eccentric, a ring around said eccentric; a bearing pivotally mounted at one side of-said ring, a counterweight at the -opposite side of said ring, a transverse bear-4 last-named bearing for engaging :with said threads2 and Wings secured tothe ends of the driven shaft at substantially right angles to each other, each of Said 'Wings shaft.

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